Rush Limbaugh

Talk-radio host

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Without the influence of National Review publisher Bill Rusher, there would have been no Goldwater—and no Reagan some 16 years later. Lee Edwards reviews “Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics” by Nicole Hemmer.

Talk radio is radio’s second-most popular format, behind country music. But many national advertisers have fled the format, seeking to avoid associating their brands with potentially controversial programming.

Some rank-and-file supporters of Donald Trump reacted with a shrug to the Republican presidential candidate’s recent moves to moderate his tone on a signature issue of cracking down on illegal immigration.

Some conservative activists are outraged by Donald Trump’s recent moves to moderate his tone on a signature issue -- cracking down on illegal immigration -- but among other rank-and-file supporters, the reaction is more like a shrug.

Donald Trump’s mixed signals about easing his plan to deport all illegal immigrants are dividing his closest allies and prompting warnings he could lose core supporters if he abandons the signature issue of his campaign.

John Feehery: Donald Trump is no one-hit wonder. Whatever you think of things he has said and done, it cannot be denied that he is in sync with the concerns, fears, and desires of a great many Republicans.

Republican leaders in Washington are under siege from their own activists, in part, because conservative radio hosts are almost as likely to rail against the party brass in Congress as they are to lament President Barack Obama's failings in the Oval Office.